Pronounced <i>'canyon duh-shay.'</i> Hiking up from White House Ruin (pictured here) some thirty years ago, I stopped to rest. While doing so, along the trail two Navajo women appeared, descending into the canyon. Struck as I was by the sheer awesomeness of the place, I asked if they lived there, and said something lame like, 'I have to tell this to someone who lives here: this is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.' One said she did live there and nodded; the other replied that she lived just up the road in the community of Many Farms, but that she comes often to see her sister. After a brief pause, she continued "and we come here for Power." Cultural differences aside, it wasn't difficult to understand what she meant. Its part of why returning is good, from time to time.
chevman
Loc: Matthews, North Carolina
Beautiful shot, Cany. I like your story too!
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Jerry
chevman wrote:
Beautiful shot, Cany. I like your story too!
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Jerry
Thanks, Jerry. And thanks, folks. The story is 100% factual and true. And I told it for a purpose.
Why do I get little sense of any 'real' connection between (many) shooters and the things they shoot? Are things/places/people just 'interesting' or 'pretty' or whatever in some photographic way? or do they Matter (yes, with a capital 'M') less superficially? Please don't set about answering those things to me. Answer them to yourselves.
I like the first one.....wish I could have seen the colors on the second.
I like the first one.....wish I could have seen the colors on the second.
It is a special place. Nicely done.
illininitt wrote:
I like the first one.....wish I could have seen the colors on the second.
Can't show you that B&W shot in color because I shot it on B&W sheet film (5"x7" TriX) in March of 1988. Here's a color (digital) shot from when I was last there last October, but obviously from a different view point.
Cany, i agree with you completely. this truly is a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing. ps.I love spider woman rock.
Im always struck by your great eye for composition.
They are gorgeous....wonderful to look at.
Get it! Exquisite! Always enjoy your posts. So looking forward to a Nat'l Park tour this summer.
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